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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Not that the bullpen is the only problem to start this season (there are many), but if you ask any former major league player what is important to start the season, it's pitching. They'll tell you pitching is always ahead of hitting and stays that way until mid/late May.
Taking that pretty well known concept into account, i'm not sure why the Jays want to start each and every season behind the 8-ball with a bunch of reclamation projects in the pen.
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Has the Pen really been a problem so far this year?
Game 1: 4.2 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER
Game 2: 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER
Game 3: 2.2 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER
Game 4: 7.2 IP, 10 hits, 5 ER (tough game where your starter goes 0.1 IP)
Game 5: 3.2 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER
Game 6: 3.0 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER
Overall 22.2 IP, and 9 ER against.
So not the greatest for sure but most of the problems over the last two games have been Lawrence, who isn't even pitching if they Jays don't have 2 extra innings games in the first week, need to use up the entire bullpen due to Liriano only going an inning.
Rest of the staff has been pretty good outside of the Liriano game.
Bats are easily the bigger problem IMO.